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2. The Journey Across an Ocean
As promised, you and your group have been given space on a transport ship heading for America.
It is NOT a passenger liner. More likely, you are boarding a ship filled with products that will be sold in America.
Don’t worry...the ship has space in the steerage.
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3. Guess where the steerage is on this ship?
What is a Steerage?
Guess where the steerage is on this ship?
STEERAGE
The steerage is the lowest part of the ship. It usually has no windows and very little light.

4. Below is what one writer described…
Living Conditions?
Below is what one writer described…
“Crowds everywhere, ill smelling bunks, uninviting washrooms—this is steerage. The odors of scattered orange peelings, tobacco, garlic and disinfectants meeting but not blending. No lounge or chairs for comfort, and a continual (mix of languages)—this is steerage.”
You may have boarded the ship healthy, but it is very likely, because of the spread of disease, that you or a member of your group would die from the unsanitary conditions.
CONDITIONS

5. Please watch this virtual voyage to Ellis Island:
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